CVE-2016-3954

MEDIUM

web2py < 2.14.2 - Unauthenticated Exposure of Sensitive Information via Status Endpoint

Title source: llm

Description

web2py before 2.14.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the session_cookie_key value via a direct request to examples/simple_examples/status. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2016-3957.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957/

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0141

EPSS Percentile 69.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (2)

pypi/web2py 0 - 2.14.2PyPI

web2py/web2py < 2.14.2

Published Feb 06, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026